CITY OF DES MOINES SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM

Des Moines Shoreline Master Program
Exempt developments 1 . Those development activities set forth in Chapter 7 of the Des Moines
SMP which are not required to obtain a Substantial Development Permit but which must otherwise
comply with applicable provisions of the act and the SMP.
Extreme low tide 1 . The lowest line on the land reached by a receding tide.
Fair market value 1 . The open market bid price for conducting the work, using the equipment
and facilities, and purchase of the goods, services and materials necessary to accomplish the
development. This would normally equate to the cost of hiring a contractor to undertake the
development from start to finish, including the cost of labor, materials, equipment and facility
usage, transportation and contractor overhead and profit. The fair market value of the
development shall include the fair market value of any donated, contributed or found labor,
equipment or materials.
Feasible 1 . An action, such as a development project, mitigation, or preservation requirement,
that meets all of the following conditions: (a) the action can be accomplished with technologies
and methods that have been used in the past in similar circumstances, or studies or tests have
demonstrated in similar circumstances that such approaches are currently available and likely to
achieve the intended results; (b) the action provides a reasonable likelihood of achieving its
intended purpose; and (c) the action does not physically preclude achieving the project's primary
intended legal use.
Federally designated endangered and threatened species 3 . Those fish and wildlife species
identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service that
are in danger of extinction or threatened to become endangered. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service should be consulted for current listing status.
Fill 1 . The addition of soil, sand, rock, gravel, sediment, earth retaining structure, or other
material to an area waterward of the OHWM, in wetlands, or on shorelands in a manner that
raises the elevation or creates dry land.
Fish and wildlife habitat conservation area 3 . Land management for maintaining species in
suitable habitats within their natural geographic distribution so that isolated subpopulations are
not created. Fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas include:
1. Areas with which endangered, threatened, and sensitive species have a primary
association;
2. Habitats and species of local importance;
3. All public and private tidelands or bedlands suitable for commercial or recreational
shellfish harvest;
4. Kelp and eelgrass beds identified by the Washington Department of Natural Resources;
5. Herring and smelt spawning areas as outlined in chapter 220-110 WAC and the Puget
Sound Environmental Atlas as presently constituted or as may be subsequently amended;
6. Naturally occurring ponds under 20 acres and their submerged aquatic beds that provide
KEY: 1. RCW or WAC 2. 1988 SMP Glossary 3. City Zoning Code 4. New Definition
Department of Ecology approval effective November 1, 2010
Adopted by City of Des Moines Ordinance No. 1502 119